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ETH Zurich and the Peace Research Institute in Oslo release a new dataset covering all ceasefires in civil conflict between 1989-2020.
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Understanding Ceasefires: A Practical Video Series

A short course for conflict parties, mediators, and peacebuilders. This series of short, accessible videos explains how ceasefires can be designed and implemented as part of broader security transitions.
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Ceasefires: Stopping the Violence and Negotiating Peace

In this newly published book, negotiators and scholars join forces to identify how ceasefires and political negotiations intersect, and when and how ceasefires work to promote peace. Case studies cover conflicts in Bosnia, Burundi, Colombia, Darfur, El Salvador, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sudan North/South, and Syria.
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The United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs have released a new guidance on ceasefire mediation. A landmark in the professionalization of the field.
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Researchers from ETH Zurich and the Peace Research Institute in Oslo have produced a new article summarizing the ceasefire research field and identifying new research avenues
New research details how developments in offensive cyber capabilities might impact efforts to negotiate and implement ceasefires.
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New report details the costs and benefits of using technology for ceasefire monitoring.
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The Ceasefire Project is a joint initiative of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) and the Centre for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich, funded by the European Union.

The project aims to strengthen the capacity of mediators, conflict parties, multilateral organizations, and civil society actors by advancing practical knowledge on the negotiation and implementation of ceasefires. Through targeted mediation support, the project contributes to reducing violence and laying the groundwork for sustainable peace.

This website also provides a repository of data and literature to help researchers seeking to contribute to the development of a stronger knowledge base on ceasefires.

The project builds on a collaboration between researchers from the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich, the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Uppsala University, mediation practitioners and technical ceasefire experts.